The Factory Engineers is our artistic leadership & producer training program. The impetus for creating this program stems from the shortage of artistic leaders of colour in the Toronto theatre community. Although progress towards a more inclusive and diverse theatre community is being made all the time, we are still in an incubation stage especially in the area of artistic leadership. There is a marked increase in talented, fresh, and passionate culturally diverse artists who want to step up and take a leadership role; however, there are still many barriers preventing these individuals from realizing their potential. The overall goal of this program is to provide the necessary resources, environment, and mentorship to develop one to two individuals of diverse backgrounds into artistic leaders in the Toronto theatre community.

Under the Artistic Director’s and Managing Director's guidance, the participants are fully immersed for one to two years in the world of creating theatre in the most comprehensive sense: from seeking out and cultivating the work and artists (new play and artist development), to conceptualizing the work (season and production planning), securing funding (grant writing), developing and executing a marketing plan, and finally realizing that vision and putting it onto the stage (producing, dramaturgy and directing).